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From: pothead <pothead@snakebite.com>
Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: What does "Reinstall macOS" do, exactly?
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 22:19:04 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-08-18, David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> On 18/08/2024 22:06, pothead wrote:
>> On 2024-08-18, David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>> On 18/08/2024 21:17, pothead wrote:
>>>> On 2024-08-18, David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>>> //I was recently having some problems with iTunes, and decided to
>>>>> reinstall macOS Sierra. I held Command+R on startup and clicked on
>>>>> "Reinstall macOS" without erasing the hard drive in Disk Utility. Once
>>>>> the reinstall was complete, I started back up and all of my files and
>>>>> programs were still there, along with my settings, desktop wallpaper,
>>>>> and everything else. (The iTunes problems were fixed.)//
>>>>>
>>>>> What exactly does this "Reinstall" feature do, if it doesn't remove
>>>>> programs and change settings to default?//
>>>>>
>>>>> Here are answers on-line:-
>>>>> https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/276766/what-does-reinstall-macos-do-exactly
>>>>>
>>>>> How would YOU have answered the OP's question?
>>>>
>>>> That article is from 7 years ago.
>>>
>>> So? Why does that matter?
>> 
>> Because technology changes rapidly.
>
> This part of macOS has NOT changed at all. How many folk realise that
> reinstalling the macOS will NOT eradicate any previously installed malware?

Probably not many.
Fair point.
Even a low level format in the Windows world does not guarantee the removal of ALL malware. 
Probably 95+ percent of malware but not 100%
I'm pretty sure gremlin, APD, FTR, Kelli, ME or others can give a more comprehensive answer.

Anyone but snit in fact.
Snit's idea of malware is wearing blue high heel pumps with a red clutch.



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